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A Cinephile’s Survival Guide to February
As assuredly as Punxsutawney Phil will crawl out of his hole every February 2nd and declare it spring (or six more weeks of winter), the second month of the year also brings upon all of us some of the worst box office weekends on the calendar. Known as a dumpi...
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Opening Acts 1/23/2015
Every day, Opening Acts highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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Michael Bay Apologizes, Will Cut B-52 Crash From Film, ...
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LVFCS Goes for “Birdman” Down the Line
Boyhood has swept a majority of critics awards this last week, but today the Las Vegas Film Critics Society put their chips behind Fox Searchlight's Birdman, awarding the film seven awards for best picture, best director, best actor, best screenplay, cinematog...
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With A Little Help From Our Friends
Every week, With a Little Help from Our Friends highlights the best pieces of writing on film, television, and literature published around the Internet. Please share if you like what you see.
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"Wicked Women Part One: Lively and L...
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8 Great Modern Films in Black & White
Films have been in color, in one way or another, since nearly the beginning of the medium. From meticulously hand-painted prints like in the films of Georges Méliès to additive color systems like Kinemacolor in the early 1900s, black and white has never been e...
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Halftime Report: The Best Movies of 2014 So Far
The year has now half passed us by, which marks a good opportunity to take stock of what it's offered cinematically so far. Releasing a "best of" list for half a year may seem like clickbaiting, and perhaps it is, but it's no more so than any other kind of lis...
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“Ida”: Enjoy the Silence
Anna grew up in a covent, sheltered from the everyday struggles. Wanda, a bitter stalinist show-trial prosecuting star, has experienced all life-shattering things there are and grew incredibly thick skin. A naïve, motherless girl, discovering the truth about h...
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The 5th Les Arcs Film Festival Ends
The fifth edition of the Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs came to an end last Saturday. The festival set in the ski resort of Les Arcs in the French Alps ran from 14 to 21 December 2013.
The Jury made up of the French actress Nicole Garcia (president),...
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The 29th Warsaw Film Festival Ends
Yet another Film Festival has come to its end: the 29th Warsaw Film Festival that ran from 11 to 20 October, concluded with Venus in Fur, Roman Polanski’s new film. Indeed, the Polish audience was happy to greet its fellow countryman who was supposed to presen...
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The 57th BFI London Film Festival Ends
The 57th BFI London Film Festival has come to a close. The festival ran from October 9th - 20th and featured plenty of premiers for British audiences. While most film critics and fans were shouting their collective opinions on the Closing Night premier of Savi...
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